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Originally Posted by Mike D
Because stainless is a HARD steel and would chew through the relatively soft pad backing and caliper mountings like butter. Not a good thing. Think of all the vibrations the pads are transmitting and imagine a file going at that speed.
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You can't make a blanket statement that stainless is a "hard steel". There are different grades of stainless steels, just as there are different grades of plain carbon and alloy steels. Your analogy is wrong. If any blanket statement can be made, it's that stainless steel has a higher tendency to gall than plain carbon steel, and it's considerably more expensive.